How Language Changes our Perception of the World

Our language affects what we see and how we process that information. The grammar and vocabulary of each language instills in its speakers a particular way of looking at the world. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, also known as the linguistic relativity hypothesis, proposes that the particular language one speaks influences the way one thinks about reality. How does that influence work?

Linguistic Relativism

The linguistic relativity hypothesis  is closely related to semiotic-level concerns regarding the general relationship between language and thought, and to discussion-level concerns on how the use of language patterns in cultural context  can affect thought.

The anthropologist and linguist Edward Sapir (1884-1939) and his student Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897-1941), who devoted themselves to studying the differences among languages, found that the conceptual differences enclosed in languages are not universal.

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